Roger Ebert

Celebrity

User Rating:

(13 ratings)
Add Your Rating:

Roger Ebert Fast Facts:

Was co-editor of his high-school newspaper.
Joined the Chicago Sun-Times as a reporter in 1966 and started writing film reviews for the paper a year later.
Teamed with Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel in 1975 for the weekly review program Sneak Previews, which aired on PBS for more than two decades.
Became, in 1975, the first recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for film criticism.
Wrote the screenplay for nudie-movie king Russ Meyer's cult-classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; used pseudonyms for writing Meyer's Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens and Up!
Founded the annual event Ebertfest, originally titled Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, in 1999; it features movies generally unseen by the public.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.
Had his right thumb trademarked.
Has authored more than 20 books.
Continues writing film reviews after having survived thyroid and salivary-gland cancers and having part of his jaw bone removed; employs text-to-speech software that allows him to converse.

Roger Ebert Relationships:
Annabel Ebert - Mother
Chaz Hammelsmith - Wife
Sonia Hammelsmith - Stepdaughter
Walter H. Ebert - Father
Roger Ebert Awards:
1984 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1985 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1988 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1992 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1994 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Series - Nominee
College:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (BS, 1964); attended University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; attended University of Chicago, Chicago, IL